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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992] a

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Deax Mr. ichbora: .
The: following is set forth as clarification af | your  phesent

tenia and the procedures which will be followed in the. conduct
of ite Please indicate your agreement. by signing below. -

Ae Operational
1. You will ba briefed Generally on some aspects at the Cuban .
sttuation | while in Washington on this datee. .

a 2, The: major briefing to be given you concerning the local
political situstion, security precautions, and more detailed ;
iastructions on your present mission wi. be undertaken upon your

arrival. in Havana. .

: . Upon arrival’ in Havens a tourist card vill, be: ‘Aeetied by.
- the Cohan Intuit gration authorities. You will give your. true “name and
occupation in the United States and state that you ‘are in ‘that area

. 08 8 “tourlet".

“ye Your: dnitdal contact in Havana will be vith. “IDEN A (nas
“‘and telephone number ‘attached hereto), “When making this call, you
wilh identity yourself as Pred. Morse.

5. Tom A wilt then give you the briefing mentioned'n peregreph .
‘2 above. :

; 6. IDEW-A will also arraage to put you in contact with about.
‘two individuals: for the purpose of starting you on. your assignment. —
It 4s anticipated that other leads arid contacts will result from :
‘ these introductions, ‘oth in Havana and the interior. .

7. When talking to any local contacts you make vhile in Cuba,
your cover story will be the foliowing: that you are talking to the:
on the behbelf of sone (unnamed) American businessmen and investors in
- | order to assess discreetly their position and legal résources as concerns
, : the revolutionary laws and to determine the possibility for future

financial developaeit ani investments.

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8. We are “aoividing you with a letter from « cover company
(attached hereto) which you vill use only in the case of extreme

--emergency in the event that you cone to the attention of the Cuban
_guthorit{es. This letter stateg that you are there on a vacation ©
and that this company has asked you to get ‘some first-hand information

on the subjects mentioned in paragraph 1 above vhile there it” you
are so inclined, This will provide you with a plausible excuse for
baing toth a tourist ami one interested in talking with local |

personalities. . . ;
9. Your misoion generally is to talk with as many knowledgeable

persons as possible reganiing the political situation in Cuba, with
special emphasis ou, the opposition, ite strengths, wesknessen, plens

eud progrars. of particular. interest 1a the possibility or Feasibility,

‘of a coalescence of these opposition SroUps.

B. Administrative

1. While on your present asoignment you ‘will keep a record of
your expenses which will! ensble you to submit the required accowiting
for funds upon your return. Ty keeping ‘the accounts you should note

times of arrival and departure, detailed notation of expenses: incurred, -

and the rate of exchange obtained when exchanging U. S. dollars into
local currency. ;

2. Vpon your return you wil wubmat two accountings. One will
inolude your salary under “services rendered”, and also your expenses
and will be in true ane to the folloving company:

Ashmead, Haniford Associates) 24f
1615 Spruce Street,
Philedelphie, ‘Pennsylvania

3. The second accounting will also include salary and operational
expenses and will be subnitted in pseudonym to:

Henry We Derkin-

P. 0. Box 8105
Southwest Station
Washington, D. C.
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